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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

May 31, 1981
1h 36m
★ 6.6

Overview

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.

Genres

Drama
TV Movie

Production Companies

TBA Productions
Satie Productions Ltd.

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

Louis Gossett Jr.

Beverly Todd

Lahoma Brown Paige

Beverly Todd

Cleavon Little

Rabbit Thompson

Cleavon Little

No Image

Josh Gibson

Ernie Barnes

Clifton Davis

Cool Papa Bell

Clifton Davis

Hal Williams

Carl Roberts

Hal Williams

Taylor Lacher

Announcer

Taylor Lacher

John Beradino

Jake Wells

John Beradino

Jim Davis

Mr. Wilkenson

Jim Davis

Ossie Davis

Chuffy Russell

Ossie Davis

Tonea Stewart

Mama Paige

Tonea Stewart

No Image

Mr. Andrews

J.R. Horne

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